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Chris felt a stomach lurching sensation of being pulled rapidly through the air. He stumbled to the side as his feet came into contact with solid ground again. His vision swum and colours blurred. Raising his arms he tried to get his balance back as his insides caught up with him. The sound of shocked gasps reached his ears and he tried to focus on his surroundings. He made out a small group of people sitting around a circular table in a dusty wooden room.
"Chris?" someone questioned in disbelief.
"Hey Mel," he croaked. Suddenly he felt hands grab him as he swayed alarmingly to the side.
"C'mon," Mel grumbled letting him lean on her as he stumbled towards a chair.
"Did it work?" someone asked excitedly in a voice Chris could never forget. Mel's younger sister and his younger cousin Penny.
"Do you see rainbows, sunshine and our parents?" snapped Mel. In the old days this would have set Penny off into tears but now tears were a rare pleasure.
"No I'm not a complete idiot," Penny snapped back. "I was asking if he actually got to see them again. Did they look the same? What did you get to do? Was Wyatt a cute baby?" Penny shot off. Penny had always been a relief to be around. With her optimistic attitude and ability to see the good in people.
"Important questions first," Mel cut in leaning across the table to get eye to eye with Chris. "What the hell are you doing back?"
"Leo," spat Chris. "And his wonderful Elders." Both girls went quiet at this and backed off a little allowing others in the room to have a say.
"Tough luck," sympathized a teenager with a boyish face and short brown hair, Henry Jr.
"It's so strange but I can actually remember you," informed Paige with awe. She stood more into the shadows of the room Listening to her son, nieces and nephew talk.
"Really that's so cool!" smiled Penny forcing everyone else in the room to smile as well. Penny just had that affect on people almost the opposite to her namesake. A sudden pressure closed in on them before snapping back. Four shapes suddenly started forming in the room.
"Ah crap," Chris muttered. Everyone immediately tensed and turned to face the unknown. Mel ripped out two knives from her boot and thigh and held them professionally in her hands. Penny jumped up pulling out some funky coloured potions and concentrating on the forming shapes. Henry created two energy balls to float in his palms ready for quick release. Paige snatched on her own knives in a close similarity to Phoebe's eldest daughter. "Stand down," Chris sighed. The shadows had now formed into the three sisters and Leo from Chris's time.
"Well shit," Mel cursed relaxing her position but didn't release the grip on her knives. Everyone else pulled back to stare in awe at the four people who were staring in shock and disbelief at them. Chris pushed himself to his feet and Penny quickly reached out to help him stand.
"Joined me in the merry future have you?" he taunted. Piper turned to him in a daze.
"Chris," she mumbled frowning in confusion. Paige was stumbling to the side and heading for a collision with the wall. Henry hurried forward and stepped in between his young mum and the wall.
"Whoa there, we need you intact for the past," he joked.
"Leo," Piper said turning to Leo. " What are we doing here?" she asked with a deadly sweet smile.
"I have no idea," Leo muttered.
"It's rather obvious to me," Mel spoke up. "The idiot Elders mucked up again," she mocked. Leo frowned at this but didn't comment.
"Well this is going to make this a little more complicated," Paige spoke up for the first time. The three sisters turned to look at her in shock.
"You-you-you're m-me," Paige stuttered.
"In the flesh or so to speak," future Paige shrugged.
"Don't give too much away," warned Chris.
"Oh let us have some fun," argued past Paige. "I mean I feel like I'm going to puke my guts out I want some juicy future gossip."
"I second that," Phoebe pipped up finally finding on her voice. Penny stared at her young mum with tearful eyes. It was only Mel's strong hand on her shoulder keeping her from sprinting forward.
"We could always tell you that you're de-"
"Ok that's enough Mel," Chris spoke loudly. Paige and Phoebe pouted whilst Piper was staring intently at Mel with a calculating expression.
"You no fun Chris," Mel smirked.
"I'm surprised this place is still standing with you leading it," he shot back. To the people from the past this exchange looked arrogant and spiteful but to everyone else it was a familiar bickering they'd all missed.
"Play nice kiddies," future Paige jokingly told them off but her eyes sparkled with a relief that her favourite nephew had made it back to them in one piece. "I have to go back and make sure the night watch is ok and that the daybreak squad is awake," Paige announced starting to orb.
"Wait," called out Chris and Paige became solid again.
"Yes?"
"Can you remember this?" he asked vaguely.
"Remember what?" Paige questioned.
"Coming to the future," Chris clarified nodding towards the sisters from the past.
"Oh," Paige mouthed, comprehension spreading across her pale features. She concentrated for a second before shaking her head.
"I remember that we went to the future but I don't remember anything about that future. So give away all your secrets, that wont remember them, except for you Chris. Your details are the only one they will remember." Then with a suspicious wink she orbed away. Before a silence could descent Penny broke away from her sisters grip.
"Mum," she yelled tearfully before throwing herself into Phoebe, arms wide. Phoebe's face turned into one of pure shock as she automatically hugged her daughter back.
"I'm a mum?" she said with awe. Penny nodded yes into Phoebe's shoulder.
"Cause you are mum," Mel grinned. Phoebe tuned her shocked brown eyes onto her other daughter. Mel was valiantly trying to keep her tears at bay but one escaped her defences.
"I want to have a kid," Paige whined while smiling proudly at her older sister. Piper was simply staring at Chris with slight horror. Henry just stared at his mother with slight hesitation. Chris sighed and gave him a discrete wave forward; Henry smiled at him happily before stepping in front of Paige with a flourish.
"At your service oh wonderful mother," he bowed. Paige gasped slapping a hand over her mouth. Her eyes teared up as she took in her fifteen-year-old future son.
"Oh my God I'm someone's mum!" she exclaimed. Chris snorted. Paige turned to him with a questioning look.
"That's what you said after you gave birth to the twins," Chris explained.
"Twins? I have twins?"
"Two girls," answered Henry with a subdued smile. "Emilie and…and Sam." All those who were in their present went quiet remembering the fun-loving brunette who'd been killed a year ago.
"What?" asked Paige smile dimming. The four young adults shared quick looks and gave quick shakes of the head. They didn't want to put their parents through the pain of losing a child they hadn't yet met.
"Nothing," shrugged Henry with a slightly strained smile. Blue orbs suddenly materialised behind Chris and formed into a tall, thin brunette with sharp brown eyes and a grim expression.
"Coop's in danger," she announced not even glancing at the unlikely visitors from the future. Emilie had used to be the quieter twin but she'd always had a ready smile and a sparkle in her eyes. But since the death of the older twin she'd withdrawn into herself and become all about business. She was becoming increasingly like Mel who had hardened at her younger sister death. Her eyes widened fractionally at the sight of Chris. "What are you doing back?"
"Elders." She gave a sharp nod in return. Her eyes came to a pause on the shocked faces of her aunts and young mother.
"And them."
"Elders."
"Right. Penny, Henry you're needed now. The alley way behind P3." Penny and Henry gave nods of understanding. Penny quickly stepped out of Phoebe's arms, grabbed hold a few potions and allowed Henry to place his hand on her shoulder. They both disappeared in an array of sparkling blue. "Mel Paige wants you to prepare the daybreak team for their rescue mission. A witch has been found in hiding in an old warehouse near the bay," Emilie shot off at Mel and waved her arm in Mel's direction orbing her away. "Chris you can stay here with them, you know them the best after all." With a tight humourless smile Emilie orbed away.
With a heavy sigh Chris turned to face the three sisters and Leo face on. "Ask away," he announced sitting back down again. Piper stared him straight in the eye.
"Are you my son?"
A/N: Ok this is my second ever chapter so again helpful comments are always appreciated! =D
